“Zink’s novels, while undeniably excellent, are so strange that it is hard to understand why anybody actually likes them.” On two forthcoming books by Nell Zink. | The New Republic

Daddy is less important: A short story by Etgar Keret. | The New Yorker

“Until lawmakers are willing to cede power, the same failed programs will continue to erode our social life and democracy.” An interview with Elizabeth Hinton, author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America. | Public Books

Similarly strange-making: On the commonalities of modernism and science fiction. | Omni

“I also think it’s writing in this way, with detail and specificity, that makes it possible to address desire and motherhood and ambivalence and sadness.” An interview with Belle Boggs. | Electric Literature

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